its nice. I actually just bought the ams pro retriever combo package and put that on my current bow, which if i can muster up the 1000 bucks for a new bow it will stay my bow fishing rig. But I hear alot of good things about the king fisher kit.

recurve for sure. when bow fishing with my compound i loose a lot of fish trying to look through my peep and find them again in the water with a recurve you have that quick pull and release. i do recommend practicing a lot with the recurve before fishing though. get the distance down so youll be more successful.

Just saw this, but here is my two cents. For just starting out I would look for a 40-50 lb draw recurve (I have a Martin Rebel and an older PSE). The pros for a recurve are a quicker shot, as in the ability to snap shoot at fish that you may only get to see for a second or two, and weight. I started off bowfishing as a teenager with an old Bear compound and while it doesn't weight THAT much, it gets heavy after lugging it around for a full day of bowfishing. The main con against a recurve that I can think of right now is you do lose some punch if you are shooting at really deep fish compared to a compound.

As far as reels and setups go, go with what you can afford. I have an AMS retriever on the Martin, and a Zebco 808 on the PSE. I've also used a plain spool reel and a "shoot thru" reel in the past. I've had just as much fun with the cheaper reels as I have with the AMS or Zebco.

For arrows I've always used plain fiberglass arrows, but I will say I strongly recommend muzzy gar point tips on them. I've used some other tips and I always go back to the good old reliable muzzy's. The tips can take a beating, and if you dull one out on a rock or something, just screw on another one and you are back in business.

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